"Waste not - want not."

"Economy is a poor man's revenue, Extravagance - a rich man's ruin."

There is an old saying (which if rather roughly put, is none the less true), that" a woman can throw out with a spoon faster than a man can throw in with a shovel." While all men do not "throw in with a shovel," in reality, there are many women who seem almost to" throw out" by the shovelful rather than by the spoonful of this wise old proverb. A few "leaks in the kitchen " are here mentioned to remind thoughtless housekeepers of the many spoonfuls they are continually throwing out.

In cooking meat the water is often poured out without first removing the fat, and quite as frequently the oil from the baking-pan is cast away as of no value.

Scraps of meat are thrown out.

Cold potatoes are allowed to sour.

Dried fruits are not looked after and become wormy.

Vinegar and sauce are left standing in tin vessels.

Apples are allowed to decay for want of looking over.

The tea-canister and coffee-box are left open so that the tea and coffee lose their strength and flavor.

Bones of meat and the carcasses of roast fowls are thrown away, when they could be used in making good soups.

Sugar, tea, coffee, rice and flour are carelessly spilled in handling.

Soap is left in the water to waste.

Dish-towels are used for dish-cloths, napkins for dish-towels, and towels for holders.

Brooms and mops suffer damage from not being hung up-More coal is burned than is necessary through the cook not closing the dampers when the fire is not in use.

Lights are left burning when not needed.

Tin dishes are not properly cleaned and dried.

Good brooms are used to scrub the floors or sweep the cellar, when there are plenty of old ones that will answer these purposes just as well.

Silver spoons are used in scraping kettles.

Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse.

Vinegar is allowed to stand in an open vessel until its strength is lost and it becomes dusty, or is filled with gnats.

Pickles become spoiled through the leaking out or evaporation of the vinegar.

Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef because the brine needs scalding.

Cheese is permitted to mould, or when dry is thrown away.

Woodenware is put away unscalded and left to warp and crack.

The bread-pan is set away with a quantity of the dough still in it.

Remnants of pie-crust are allowed to harden and then thrown out, instead of being utilized for making a few tarts for supper.

Cold pudding is thrown away because there is not enough to "go round." Some fruit should be served also, and the pudding steamed, thus producing a good dessert.

Cooked rice is wasted, when a pudding could be made of it, or it could be used in soup.

Vegetables are also thrown away that might be used to advantage in soup.

The scrub-brush is left to rot in a pail of water.

Pails are scorched on the stove, and tubs and barrels are left in the sun to dry and fall apart.

Potatoes in the cellar commence to grow, and the sprouts are not removed until the potatoes are spoiled.

Dried beef becomes so hard it cannot be cut.

Servants are allowed to leave a light burning in their rooms or in the kitchen, when they are to be out all the evening.

Servants neglect the wash on a windy day, and the clothes are whipped to pieces. Fine cambrics are washed on the board instead of between the hands, and laces are torn in ironing.

Fruit-stains in the table-cloths are not strained out as soon as possible, but are washed into the cloths.

Clothes-pins that have fallen to the ground are not picked up promptly, and so are soon ruined.

Scraps of soap are wasted instead of being utilized in a soap-shaker that costs but a trifle.

Good sheets are taken for ironing cloths, when coarse, unbleached cotton can be had for a few cents a yard. Good blankets or quilts also are used for padding the ironing board, when an ironing-blanket may be purchased at very small cost.

The egg-beater is left soaking in water, instead of being at once cleansed and laid away.

Kitchen knives and forks are also left in water until the handles are loosened if they do not come entirely off.